Ask and you shall receive! 🧞‍♂️ Ever since Knit Stars began six years ago, so many of you have asked us to offer Stephen West’s wildly popular workshop from Knit Stars Season 1 as its own standalone course… So here it is! 💃🏽 In the just-released Stephen West QuickStars workshop, Stephen empowers you with his “Westknits Bestknits”…

So, we got all the graduates across the stage. We took care of gifts for all the June brides. Now it’s time for Father’s Day. Did that sneak up on you, too? 😳 It happens to me every year. I’ve just started to relax into summer when – boom! – I need a gift for…

Remember when Louisa Harding visited Loops Utica? Dear loyal Scoop reader… We’re sharing some really big news this week. Like, REALLY big. For some of you, it may feel bigger than for others. If you’ve been with us from the earliest days of the Loops Utica store (16 years ago!)…if you remember moments like the…

You know when you come to that “slog moment” in a project? You go from all “wooohoooo let’s cast on!” to “this is so relaxing” and then all of a sudden it’s like “when will it ever ennnnnd?” 😩 Because I dread that slog moment, I designed this cowl awhile back to show off the…

This is an exciting time of year for Knit Stars Club Members… The Blue Bags are coming soon – in mid-June! 💙🎉 Our coveted Blue Bag kits contain: 📫 Supersoft, luxury yarn hand-dyed exclusively for us by Knit Stars dyers, 📫 On-trend, easy-to-follow patterns designed by Knit Stars 📫 Extra surprise gifts, and 📫 Collectible…

We’ve all heard the phrase “softest yarn ever,” right? But here’s the thing… We actually do have it – the softest yarn ever! Tested by countless knitters with the *pat… squish… WOWWWW* test, we are confident that our own Loops Luxe Chunky Royal Alpaca/Silk deserves a place in the Soft Yarn Hall of Fame. If…

Maybe you got flowers… maybe you even got to sleep in this Mother’s Day. But did you get your deepest desire… more time with your favorite passion, learning from the best of the best?  💫 Our once-yearly, Earlybird Sale on Knit Stars Masterclass Events – the upcoming fall Season AND all the previous Seasons – ends at midnight Pacific…

Fifteen years ago, I experienced my first workshop with a star knitting teacher – Lucy Neatby. My first thought was: “How did I stumble along knitting for so many years without knowing all this?” My second thought was: “Every knitter deserves access to this level of teaching.” This is why Knit Stars – the first…

Hedgehog Fibers released a *new* base last year with a cool backstory, but it ran out super fast…leaving us all feeling a bit needy for Tweedy…but good news…we just got a fresh shipment. And there’s a new color! “I’m really excited about this new base I’ve been working on for a while,” says HHF owner Beata…

We are feeling that relief when you *finally* get to share an exciting secret! At the fabulous Hot Loops virtual party this weekend, we revealed our TWO indie dyers – Terra of Mitchell’s Creations and Renee of Spun Right Round! Located just north of New Orleans, Terra has quickly grown her dyeing studio into a creative…

So many of you joined us for the 7-Day Knit Stars Challenge! Congratulations on making some time just for YOU and your knitting practice. Now, how about an exclusive kit to reward yourself?! We created these kits especially to celebrate YOU, at special savings of more than 30% off. It’s our way of saying thank you…

If you’re a fan of ’80s music like me… Our April Pop-Up dyer is going to have you singing along to the ’80s classic “You Spin Me Round” for the rest of the week (sorry not sorry!) 👩‍🎤🤘🎶 Renee Hahnel created Spun Right Round Yarns back in 2009 as a part-time operation, offering hand-dyed fiber…